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Thousands of Jewish wave the Israeli flags as they celebrate Jerusalem Day, marking the 50th anniversary of the reunification of the city in June 1967, on their way to the Western Wall, May 24, 2017. Photo by Maor Kinsbursky/Flash90.
Op-Ed Opinion

Jerusalem Day and the lie of ‘East Jerusalem’

By Moshe Phillips (JNS) Yom Yerushalayim, or Jerusalem Day, is observed this year from Sunday evening, May 25, through Monday night, May 26. It celebrates the 68th anniversary of the reunification of Judaism’s holiest city. Today, Israel’s control of the parts of Jerusalem that the Israeli Defense Forces liberated in 1967 is consistently and vehemently […]

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